By Susan Fitzpatrick, Vice President, James S. McDonnell Foundation. Fitzpatrick is one of the six conference Exemplars and a recipient of the CSPO Prize. I would like to pose a challenge to the community of science who are struggling to help identify the “rightful place of science.” My challenge is one of taking responsibility for [ Read More ]

By Ryan Meyer, CSPO at ASU, reporting from the Exemplar Panels
When your research is driven by user needs and the realities of problems on the ground, things get complicated. This exemplar session gave us a chance to consider some of the nuanced issues that emerge when you are, as Shirley put it, “not kidding around about being applied.”

Richard Jefferson, CEO of Cambia, is one of the six conference Exemplars and recipient of the CSPO Prize. He was unable to attend the conference, but participated in the first Exemplar Panel on Monday, May 17, 2010, through this 5-minute video presentation and by phone. The video presentation of his full 30-minute talk is available [ Read More ]